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Thanks for the mister heads up! Need to see if I can find such a thing around here. As for the window, it's an old building (although newer siding makes it look nicer). I think it used to have a "door" for the chickens to get in/out before the siding was put on. anyway, I literally removed...

Thanks for the replies. Will be (of course) constantly working on improving the conditions. Hit 92 yesterday (and will be again today). Unfortunately, I was gone all day (theater competition) but no one seemed the worse for wear last night when I got home. Removed one of the windows and...

Thanks for all the replies. I may need to try more of these as the summer wears on. I wasn't at home yesterday, but by the time I got home, everyone was still alive and seemed none the worse for wear so I must have done something right. I pulled a 2nd fan (a pedestal) from the barn into the...

Quote: How big is the bin? I assume you're just talking about one of those rubbermaid bins, right?

Quote: I appreciate your thoughts. I would move them if I could, but there is no where to move them to. So they're stuck for now. this is my first batch of chicks (chicken or turkey) during the summer so unfortunately a learning curve. Just trying to make the best of the situation so I...

I have a dozen 2 week old Australorp chicks and 14 turkeys (same age) in my brooder house. I only purchased my farm last summer but I think this is what this building was originally used for and it worked fantastic last October to raise 25 pullets. So far so good except for one thing...

I have a dozen 2 week old Australorp chicks and 14 turkeys (same age) in my brooder house. I only purchased my farm last summer but I think this is what this building was originally used for and it worked fantastic last October to raise 25 pullets. So far so good except for one thing...

Thanks for the replies. I'm at work, but was told she was 'the same' when I called a bit ago... and all the others are still fine. I've seen her drink and seen her interested in food, but not much. sulphamethazine... where can I get that? figure I should know even if it won't help in this...

Family who feed in the morning says that she's been acting this way for several days... close to a week. Everyone else is doing ok. Also, just took a look at her before typing this message. hubby turned her upside down (head down) and we got quite a bit of clear liquid coming out of her beak...

Have an EE hen... roughly 2 months old... that is acting weird. All the others "rush" for food when we feed them... she lags behind. I have seen her eat and drink but she mostly stands around near the heat lamp area, looking "fluffy" like she's cold. I watched her the other night after I fed...

Thanks for all the quick replies!! She's an Easter Egger, but she's not with a bunch of Araucanas, I - I see Easter Eggers in your photo beside her. Uh, interesting. "Araucana" was what I ordered -- a dozen of them. Are you saying these aren't Arcaunas? Why would a company list them as such...

This chick came with our day-old order back in mid-October. I'm fairly certain it's a she... but as this is my first year with hens at all, I have NO clue what breed I'm looking at. Doesn't REALLY matter (unless someone sees something in the pics that screams ROOSTER which in that case his...

Thanks Jerry. Appreciate the reply and good thoughts. Hen died by 9:30 last night. Just curious... was there a reason no one else replied? Was it just the time of day or did I not give enough information? I'd like to be able to correct anything I did this time that might have prevented...

Anyone?? Whether it was turning on the light or she was better, but she seemed a bit perkier when I just checked on her. Gave her another "bath"... which she "slept" through again. I don't know if it's helping or not. No more drool, but still heavy breathing and her butt is still puckering...

After actually reading the sticky at the top of the page, I'm editing this post to hopefully provide more details. Original Post: We have 6 hens that we picked up about 2 months ago. Have LOVED them. Now have a chicken that's been in a nestbox for an undetermined amount of time (sometime...